Finding Voice: Perspectives on Race, Class & Gender

Our voices as writers take shape in the complex ground of our innerlandscapes, seeded by our lives as children, our family dynamics and myths,and our cultural, psycho/social connections. In this writing workshop, wewill explore the impact of “identity”—primarily race, class and gender—asit informs the way we convey our experiences and personal truths to theworld. Students will read a variety of authors to gain insight into variousways writers build narratives to make sense out of the conflictinghistories and memories that influence the progression of their lives.Students will conduct interviews, do research, writing exercises andvisualizations to generate ideas, and to develop and revise personalessays, articles and opinion pieces